2/19/2008 7:36 PM
posted awhile ago
From the Jumper (2008) board...
On IMDb, minionembraced said: "I went to see this film expecting a cheesy scifi-ish hollywood production, filled with all sorts of plot holes and continuity errors. I got just what I expected, with one exception.
Dont get me wrong, I dont mind seeing those kind of movies, I usually enjoy just about anything scifi. I enjoyed this movie for what it was.
my one problem.....
I have noticed more frequently in films that "faith-based" or "christian" characters are being used as villians in films. the mist(christian), the golden compass(faith-based), and now this film jumper(christian).
maybe I just didnt notice it before or maybe it is becoming more common. either way I am growing tired of this 'trend' and am hoping to see more films with faith based heroes or christian heroes.
Finally I am sure there are films with heroes of the type I would like to see. I may just be going to see the wrong movies." jbozzz immediately responded: art imitates life I haven't seen Jumper, but I'm curiously half-interested in it, mostly, I think, because it's based on a book (which I haven't read), so at least it's not something fabricated by dollar-driven, explosion-fascinated Hollywood types. I know nothing about the book or author, so I have no idea if it was written by a dollar-driven, explosion-fascinated author. At any rate, I found this conversation interesting. What is it with Hollywood lately. (S)He cites three movies: The Mist (can't find a link) - I enjoyed this movie a lot and thought that the Christian portrayed negatively (Ms. Carmady) was actually a very exaggerated character meant to show not how evil Christians are, but how easily people turn to a prophet (false or otherwise) when faced with trial. You turn to the unknown to face the unknown. The Golden Compass - I thought somewhat less of this movie. In fact, I pretty well hated it, but I can give the book some credit (haven't read His Dark Materials, but the movie hints that the book is deeper and more meaningful). The Christians therein aren't specifically Christians, but a collective metaphor for Catholicism (my interpretation), so Catholics are negatively displayed. This is a recent trend, but can you blame the trend-setters when the leaders of the faith have been factually shown to be so off-base (see Deliver Us from Evil, the first movie to make me cry in many years)? Jumper - I can't comment on this since I haven't seen it. But the writer seems to be ignoring some pretty obvious and even genre-related films that have come out recently as well, like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Clearly this is a pro-Christian film whose source material has largely been analyzed as such. What do you think? Is minionembraced on target or is jbozzz? Or both?
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